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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1881

205 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 11

Court of Requests. Same Day. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. A. Ross, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1881 · page 2

Cousins and Sons v. Daniel Taylor, for 16s., for goods sold. No appearance for defence. Verdict for amount with 5s costs…

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Quarter Sessions Cases. Milton Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1881 · page 4

The Grown against S. M. Burrows, on the information of Mr. Pinhey, Public Inspector of accounts, for embezzling £3 10s., money belonging to the Lands…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Nov. 14. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. MacCabe and Ross, Js P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1881 · page 2

John Hurt applied for a colonial wine license for the premises on the Dapto Road formerly occupied by Henry Marshall. Senior Sergeant Ford objected to the granting…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, 15Th November

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 18 November 1881 · page 2

MESSRS. James Colley, G. Tale, N. Harper, and C. Catneron on the Bench. Charles De Letta was charged by the police with having been drunk and…

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Kiama Police Court. November 21

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1881 · page 2

BEFORE M. N. Hindmarsh, Esq. James O'Grady and Robert Judge were charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Terralong street on Saturday,…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Nov. 21. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. Biggar, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 November 1881 · page 2

John M'Kinlay, charged with using threatening language to William Manning Cook, pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr. Nichols (Owen and May)…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Nov. 22ND, 1881

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1881 · page 2

BEFORE MESSRS. Jas, Colley, M. N. Hindmarsh, and C. Cameron: Auctioneer's licenses were granted to G. K. Waldron, D. L. Dymock, and C…

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Court of Petty Sessions. MONDAY, Nov. 28. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Jenkins and Porter, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 2

Robert Crompton was charged with having, on Sunday, the 7th March, 1880, committed a breach of the peace by fighting a prize fight. | Senior-Sergeant Ford stated that the offence…

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District News. Broughton Creek. Court of Petty Sessions. 25Th November, 1881. BEFORE Messrs. Bice, Tate, Boxsell, Stewart, and M'Intyre, J.s.P

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 2

John W. Wiley appeared in answer to a summons, charging him with assaulting and beating one Isabella Boyd at Broughton Creek on the 31st October last. He pleaded…

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Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1881 · page 2

Thomas Jay, for the use of obscene language in a public place in Kiama on the 22nd altime was fined 20s, with the alternative of forty-eight hours in the Kiama…

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Kiama Small Debts Court. November 29

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Connell, Hindmarsh, and Conway. The business of the Court proved unusually light. There was a list of seven cases…

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District News. Shellharbour. Court Oe Petty Sessions. November 28Th, 1881

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1881 · page 2

BEFORE John Conway, J.P. Bartholemew Malone charged with being drunk and disorderly in a public place at Shellharbour on the 26th instant bleaded…

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Kiama Police Court. Monday, December 5

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1881 · page 2

WILLIAM HOWELL in custody, was brought before the Police Magistrate on the threefold charge of having been drunk and disorderly; of having used obscene language;…

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Police

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1881 · page 2

WITH respect to the single police case reported in our present issue, we understand (thought we were not in a position to see what took place) that it afforded a striking…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Dec. 6

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 December 1881 · page 2

A FULL Bench had been summoned, as was the day appointed by law for the revision of the Jury List compiled by the Sergeant of Police ; and the following were…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1881 · page 2

BEFORE H. Connell Esq., P.M. J. Connor was charged by the police with unlawfully carrying firearms on Sunday, and pleaded guilty, explaining in his defence…

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Insolvency Court. Thursday, Dec. 8

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1881 · page 2

BEFORE the District Commissioner, H. Connell, Esq. In the state of William Goodwin, insolvent, after being duly sworn, stated…

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District News. Broughton Creek. Court of Petty Sessions.—9th Dec

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Stewart, Tate, Boxsell, and M'Intyre. William Allen appeared on summons charging him with using threatening…

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Small Debts Court, Broughton Creek

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1881 · page 2

At the above court on Thursday, 9th December, Charles Wiley sued Thomas Binks for the sum of £3, for damage and trespass of ten pigs the property of…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Dec. 19. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. Biggar, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1881 · page 2

Thomas Slavin, 78 years of age charged with having no lawful means of support or fixed place of abode, stated that he was too ill to to work, and desired to be kept in custody for a short time, in…

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